Thunderbolt 5 cables are 'spensif!

[Marzipan]

1ft @ $30 USD
1.6ft @ $35 USD
3.3ft @ $50 USD

owchy!

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[CMetaphor]

Padding or necessary? I wonder...

I believe it was "USB" 3.0 that started things off. But it's actually closer to PCIe over a cable. So imagine adding a foot of length to a motherboards pcb, not easy to do without signal loss, but I don't know how much would actually be lost

 

[Marzipan]

are there any USB 3.0 5Gbps Type A to USB C cables? all I'm finding are ones crippled to USB 2.0 speeds.

 

[CMetaphor]

are there any USB 3.0 5Gbps Type A to USB C cables? all I'm finding are ones crippled to USB 2.0 speeds.

I can't tell if you're being serious or not...

 

[Marzipan]

I can't tell if you're being serious or not...

serious. StarTech, Aukey, Anker, UGreen, Tripp Lite, Amazon Basics...nil, nada, nuffin. C to C, yes, but A to C, nope.

 

[CMetaphor]

serious. StarTech, Aukey, Anker, UGreen, Tripp Lite, Amazon Basics...nil, nada, nuffin. C to C, yes, but A to C, nope.

They're literally everywhere. It's almost more difficult to find cables aa "slow " as 5gbps.

 

[Marzipan]

I thot it was really odd my results came up with nothing. I checked the websites for all the brands referenced and nothing...so I suspect these may be new old / discontinued stock, or something.

many thanks!